More Questions ---Chapter 21

7. How did corrupt political bosses get voters for their parties?

Doing favours for people, being total brown-nosers and trying to build the most positive public image they could in order for the votes. Most of the time, they weren't giving a damn about the people, and just played the nice guy role to get who they wanted within a position of power.

8. Why were journalists important to the reform movement?

They brought corruption and injustice to the public eye through media. Because they were sifting through all the lies to find the truth for the American public, the investigative journalists soon came to be called "muckrakers" which I find to be a pretty cool word to say...

9. What amendment provided for the direct election of senators?

The Seventeenth Amendment, ratified in 1913.

10. What amendment provided for woman suffrage?

The Nineteenth Amendment provided for woman suffrage, ratified in 1920.

11. What is arbitration?

"The settling of a dispute by agreeing to accept the decision of an impartial outsider."

12. Why did progressives form their own political party?

Because Roosevelt thought that Taft had stolen the presidential nomination from him as he was another Republican. Therefore, he made a new party to counteract this, called the Progressive party, which he was instantly elected as the Progressive candidate.

13. What was the purpose of the Federal Reserve Act?

To regulate banking by creating 12 national banks that were controlled by the central government. D.C. could keep a better eye on what happened with all the nation's wealth this way.

14. What is discrimination?

De people be hatin' on de utha folks cuz of de coluh o' dey skin, where dey from, where dey go t'church, and whutnot. (Or as the book says, "Unequal treatment because of race, religion, ethnic background, or place of birth.)

15. What did Dr. Carlos Montezuma think about Native American reservations?

He felt that they were hurting the Natives, and he decided to become an activist and bring the problems out to the public that the government was abusing them. Montezuma wanted the Natives to leave the reservations and establish their own way in American society to prevent being holed up in a tiny reservation away from the world.

16. Why did Mexican Americans organize mutualistas?

They couldn't stand alone, especially as a minority is a very bigoted society full of whites. Therefore, the Mexicans formed groups to help one another so that their voice could be heard. Mutualistas did more than that though, they raised money for the Mexican cause and provided for insurance and legal help.

17. How did the Seventeenth Amendment give people a greater voice in government?

Because people now had more control over not just the decision over the executive branch of the government, but also the legislative as it gave direct election for state senators/representatives.

18. Why was the railroad industry subject to so many government regulations?

Because it functioned as an oligopoly (Another awesome word!) and big corporations controlled the prices of everything related to them. People thought this unfair so they wanted the government the step in, because legally they had the power to regulate prices and overall had more control since the railroad crossed state lines.

19. Re-create the diagram below and identify how these laws promote justice and insure citizens' rights.

19th Amendment provided for women suffrage, which was a huge step forward as they had very little rights before the 1920 ratification of this amendment.